Lubricating device.



E. ARMSTRUNG. LUBRICATING DEVICE. APPLICATION `FILED SEPT. 4, 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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E. ARMSTRONG. LUBRICATING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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ERNEST ARMSTRONG, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL LUBRICAT- ING- COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF LLEH YORK.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Application led September 4, 1912. Serial No. 718,454.

To all fr0/Lem t may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lubricating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lubricating devices, and more particularly to lubricating devices for car journals.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a lubricating device which is durable, eiiicient and inexpensive to construct and maintain and which has no parts to get out of order.

Another object of the invention is to provide wicks so constructed and arranged that the lubricating portion thereof will extend upwardly above the horizontal axial plane of the journal in such manner that this upwardly extending portion of the wick will be caused by gravity to rest lightly upon the portion of the journal above said horizontal axial line, due to or assisted by the weight of the oil in the wick so that the wick will contact lightly with the journal to prevent glazing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lubricating device which may be readily fitted into journal boxes having their side walls in close proximity to the sides of the journal, without having to remove the bearing.

The invention will be more readily understood and the objects of the invention will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a lubricating device embodying the preferred form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a journal box equipped with the lubricating device shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View taken on line a-a of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, l is a car ournal on which is mounted a bearing 2, the journal and bearing being inclosed in a journal box 3 having vertical side walls 4eand a bottom wall or floor 5 forming an oil well at the bottom of the box. The front wall or lip 6 of the journal box extends upwardly and outwardly from the floor of the box to a point somewhat below the center of the journal and is preferably pro vided with a rib 7 extending thereacross.

The form of lubricating device shown comprises a wick-supporting frame 8 located below the horizontal axial plane of the journal, and in the preferred form of my invention, the frame consists of side pieces 9-9 connected in front by an end piece l0 and connected at the rear by a U-shaped piece 1l. In the preferred form of my invention, the wicks 12-12 are secured to the side pieces 9-9 and consist of napped portions 13-13 extending upward from the side pieces 9-9, and of lubricant-feeding portions 14-14 preferably comprising longitudinal fibers extending down from the side pieces 9 9 into the oil well at the bottom of the journal box. The wicks may be sewed together at their bottom ends, as shown in Fig. 2, or the two wicks may be woven integrally.

In the preferred form of my invention, the U-shaped piece l1 rests upon the bottom of the oil well at the inner end of the journal to support the inner end of the frame from the iioor of the oil well, while the front cross piece l0 of the frame rests upon the rib 7 of the lip of the box, and the side pieces 9-'9 preferably extend along the side of the journal outside of vertical planes tangent to the journal, and in close proximity to the side walls of the box. To fit the lubricating device into the journal box, it is only necessary to raise the cover l5 and insert the lubricating device into the front of the box, tilting the device so as to get the U-shaped connecting piece beneath the journal, and then slip the device back toward the rear end of the box as far as it will go, holding the upwardly projecting portions 13-13 of the wicks in a vertical position so that they will rest between the journal and the sides of the box when the frame is in position. When the upwardly projecting part-s of the wick have been guided in position in the spaces between the journal and the sides of the box, the wick frame may be released, the front end of the frame resting on the rib 7 of the front lip. The upwardly projecting portion of the wick is preferably of such body that it will. not sag down and fall through the space between the journal and the side walls of the box, but will sag over and rest against the journal by gravity llt) when the wick becomes thoroughly saturated with oil, contacting lightly with the journal and thoroughly lubricating the same withi out glazing. It will be observed that the spaces between the journal and the side walls of the box above the horizontal axial plane of the journal, are wider at the top than at said plane, and I therefore provide the upwardly projecting portions of the wicks with thickened top portions 16--16 which assist in holding them in position, if the wicks should be of such quality as to tend to sag down between the journal and the side walls of the box; and secondly, the thickened wick stores up more oil for lubricating purposes.

It will be apparent from the above description that with the wicks thus supported at or below the horizontal axial plane of tne journal and along the sides of the journal, and extending upwardly above said plane, as the wicks become saturated with oil, they will sag down and over against the journal so as to contact lightly by gravity therewith to thoroughly lubricate the same.

lVhile l have shown and described what l believe to be the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in the arrangement and co-nstruction of the supporting frame and of the wick, without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself other than as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, a.

wick-supporting frame in the box having a part at one side of the vertical axial plane of the journal and at or below the horizontal axial plane, and a wick secured to said part and having a portion extending upward between the journal and the adjacent side of the box above the axial horizontal plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said plane, the upwardly projecting portion of the wick being of such body as to prevent its falling down between the journal and the side of the box, said wick having a downwardly projecting portion extending from its supporting frame into the oil well, whereby, when tlie wick becomes saturated with oil, the upper portion of the wick will sag over and rest against the journal by gravity to lubricate the same.

2. The combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a j our-` nal in the box, a bearing on the journal, a wick-supporting frame in the box having a part extending along the side of the journal at or below the horizontal axial plane thereof, and a wick secured to said part and having a portion extending upward between the journal and the adjacent side of the box above the horizontal axial plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said plane, said wick having a downwardly projecting portion extending into the oil well, whereby, when the wick becomes saturated, the upwardly extending portion of the wick will sag over on the journal to lubricate the same.

3. The combination of a journal box and an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box having a small clearance at the side walls of the box, a bearing on the journal, a wick-supporting frame in the box having a wick-securing part at one side of the vertical axial plane of the journal and at or below the horizontal axial plane, and a wick secured to said part and having a. port-ion extending upward through the clearance between the journal and the adjacent side wall of the box into the space between the journal and side wall above the axial horizontal plane of the journal, and having a thickened top portion substantially filling the space, said wick having a downwardly projecting .portion extending from its sup porting frame into the oil well in the box whereby, when the wick becomes saturated with oil, the upper portion of the wick will sag over and rest against the journal by gravity to lubricate the same.

4. The combination of a journal box and an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box having a small clearance at the side walls of the box, a bearing on the journal, a wick-supporting frame in the box having a wick-securing part at one side of the vertical axial plane of the journal and at or below the horizontal axial plane, and a wick secured to said part and having a napped portion extending upward through the clearance between the journal and the side of the box into the space between the journal and the adjacent wall of the box above the axial horizontal plane of the journal, and having a thickened top portion substantially lilling said space, and having a downwardly extending portion comprising longitudinal lubricant-feeding fibers extending into the oil well in the box whereby, when the wick becomes satura-ted with oil, the upper portion of the wick will sag over upon the journal to lubricate the same.

5. The combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, a wick-supporting frame in the box at the side of the journal at or below the horizontal axial plane thereof, and a wick secured to said frame at the side of the journal and having a portion extending upward between the journaland the adjacent side wall of the box above the axial horizontal plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said plane, the upwardly projecting portion of the wickbeing of such body as to prevent its falling down between the journal and the side of the box, said wick having a downwardly projecting portion extending from its supporting frame into the oil well, whereby, when the wick becomes saturated with oil, the upper portion of the wick will sag over against the journal to lubricate the same.

6. The combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, a wick-supporting frame in the box at or below the horizontal axial plane of the ournal and extending along the journal beyond a vertical plane tangent to the journal, and a wick secured to said frame at the side of the journaland having a portion extending upward between the journal and the adjacent side wall of the box above the axial horizontal plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said lane, the upwardly projecting portion of t e wick being of suoli body as to prevent its falling down between the journal and the side of the box, said wick having a downwardly projecting portion extending from its supporting frame into the oil well, whereby, when the wick becomes saturated with oil, the upper portion of the wick will sag over against the journal to lubricate the same.

7. The combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, wick-supporting pieces extending along the sides of the journal at or below the horizontal axial plane thereof, and lubricating wicks secured to said supporting pieces and each having a portion extending upward between the journal and the adjacent side walls of the box above the horizontal axial plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said plane, the wicks having downwardly projecting portions extending from the supporting pieces of the frame into the oil well, whereby, when the wicks become saturated, the upwardly projecting portions of the wicks will sag over against the journal to lubricate the same.

8. rlhe combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, wick-supporting pieces extending along the sides of the journal at or below the horizontal axial plane thereof, and lubricating wicks secured to said supporting pieces and each having a napped portion extending upward between the journal and the adjacent side walls of the box above the horizontal axial plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said plane, the wicks having downwardly projecting unnapped portions comprising longitudinal lubricant-feeding fibers extending from the supporting pieces of the frame into the oil well, whereby, when the wicks become saturated, the upwardly projecting portions of the wicks will sag over against the journal to lubricate the same.

9. The combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, and a wick-supporting frame having horizontal side pieces at or below the horizontal axial plane of the journal and extending along the journal outside of a vertical plane tangent thereto, lubricating wicks secured to said side pieces and each having a portion extending upward between the journal and the adjacent side walls of the box above the horizontal axial plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said plane, the projecting portions having sul'licient body to prevent their falling down between the journal and the adjacent walls of the box, said wicks having downwardly projecting portions extending from the side pieces into the oil well, whereby, when the wicks become saturated with oil, the upwardly projecting portions of the wicks will sag over and rest against the journal to lubricate the same.

l0. The combination of a ournal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, a wick-supporting frame in the box having side pieces extending along the sides of the journal and having a downwardly projecting inner end portion resting on the bottom of the box and an outer end portion supported on the inner front wall of the box, and wicks secured to the sido pieces and having upwardly projecting napped portions extending between the journal and the adjacent side walls of the box above the axial horizontal plane of the journal and resting upon the journal above said plane, said wicks having downwardly projecting lubricant-feeding portions extending from the side pieces of the frame into the oil well, whereby, when the wicks become saturated with oil, the upper portions of the wicks will tend to sag over and rest against the journal to lubricate the same.

l1. The combination of a journal box having an oil well in the bottom thereof, a journal in the box, a bearing on the journal, a wick-supporting frame in the box having side pieces at or below the horizontal axial F plane of the journal and extending along the journal outside of vertical planes tangent to the journal, and having a downwardly projecting inner end portion resting on the bottom of the box and an outer end portion supported on the inner front wall of the box, and wicks secured to the side pieces and having upwardly projecting napped portions extending between the journal and the adjacent side walls of the box ing portions secured at their lower ends to 15 the frame pieces and extending upwardly from said frame pieces at such height as to sag over by gravity upon the car journal when saturated with lubricant, and lubricant feeding portions extending downwardly 20 therefrom to feed the saine.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my named to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST ARMSTRONG.

Vitnesses A. M. ViL-Lnrs, XVM. V. FISHERK Copie: of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, ILC. 

